Slavery And The Making Of America 8

PBS.org Explore by subject 1775 Georgia takes action against slave importation. The first separate black church in America 1775 is founded in South Carolina. The first abolition society is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1773...
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PBS.org Explore by subject 1775 Georgia takes action against slave importation. The first separate black church in America 1775 is founded in South Carolina. The first abolition society is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1773 Slaves in Massachusetts unsuccessfully petition the 1775 government for their freedom. In April, the first battles of the Revolutionary war are waged between the British and Colonial armies at Lexington and 1773 Concord, Massachusetts. Black Minutemen participate in the Phillis Wheatley becomes the first published African­American fighting. poet when a London publishing company releases a collection of her verse. 1775 In July, George Washington announces a ban on the 1774 enlistment of free blacks and slaves in the colonial army. By The First Continental Congress bans trade with Britain and the end of the year, he reverses the ban, ordering the vows to discontinue the slave trade after the 1st of December. Continental Army to accept the service of free bl
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